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Yours Conditionally

Tennis

Yours Conditionally

Fourth album of fuzzed surf pop from Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore

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6.8

Label
Mutually Detrimental
UK Release date
10/03/2017
US Release date
10/03/2017
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  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    The revamping of style and substance on Yours Conditionally is also something special, helping it to become the best record they've made so far
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    As musically un-diverse as it may be, how cynical and jaded you would have to be to take against it. Tennis’ music is not intended to push at vanguards, but to make you happy
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  3. 7.6 |   Paste Magazine

    These songs are tentative resolutions to whatever frustration, fight or difficult period falls upon two individuals essentially sharing a life, even if that detente only as far as the next daybreak
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  4. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Throughout Yours Conditionally, the interplay between Moore’s chords and Patrick Riley’s thick, knotty bass lines is always wonderful
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  5. 7.5 |   The 405

    An album perhaps already doomed to be underrated
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  6. 7.4 |   Earbuddy

    The music strays from Tennis’s normal cheery disposition for something more akin to Sharon Van Etten or Angel Olsen. Comparisons to those musicians reflects just how far the duo has come
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Tennis's fourth LP adds nuance, definition, and depth to their already well-established sound
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  8. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    They've returned with a refocused sound closer to '70s singer-songwriter fare from Carole King and Fleetwood Mac, a sound that supports Moore's thoughtful lyrics
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  9. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Yours Conditionally reveals its charms in reassuring and unassuming ways, through unspectacular but steady osmosis of a mellow high
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  10. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Highlights Moore’s now-seasoned songwriting and assured, soulful vocals
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  11. 6.7 |   Gig Soup

    These biting lyrical musings seem lost at sea in a quiet storm of smoky guitars and flatlined synths
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  12. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    Duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore continue channeling the retro warmth of ’70s pop
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  13. 6.0 |   State

    A mixed bag of emotions that lingers on the subject of relationships, focusing on the band’s marital dynamic rather than shying away from it
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  14. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A duo that combine intelligent wit with a rare genuine conscience
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  15. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    While the artistic vision of Tennis has hit its stride, the music itself is a little adrift on Yours Conditionally
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  16. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Many of these tracks still are dream-pop, with the softly shimmering melodies on ‘Fields Of Blue’ being the sonic equivalent of a soft focus 70’s photo
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  17. 5.8 |   A.V. Club

    Stuck somewhere between its comfort zone and its next step
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